Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Google Reader Help

Go to all of the Google Products page. Find the 'Reader link.

Go to the Help (HINT: look at the bottom of the page)

Locate the 'Getting Started Guide'

Read and take notes on ALL of the topics.

Change your window to LIST view.

6 comments:

  1. Notes on google reader ‘getting started guide’ (blogger)
    -reader lets you subscribe to sites
    • New content posted appears on your reader
    -keeps track of read/unread news
    • Dark blue border around item=read
    -see how many new items there are
    • Next to “new items” on left-hand sidebar
    -lots of different buttons to use
    • Title (click title to visit website)
    • Add star (stars items for later)
    • Share
    • Share with note
    • Email (email interesting articles to friends)
    • Keep unread
    • Add tags
    -read your sites from igoogle

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  2. Getting started with Google Reader-
    Google reader helps you gather, read and share interesting blogs and websites you read. This tool also helps you familiarize yourself with the mean features of Google Reader so you can get started and share feeds.
    -Add a subscription link.
    -enter the URL of the blog or site you’d like to subscribe to.
    -Add star (stars items for later)
    -Share
    -Email (email interesting articles to friends)
    Keep unread

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  3. google reader notes-
    - sucribe to your sites
    -you can sucribe to other sites, and export subscriptions.
    -share you information
    -email articles and news to yourself and friends

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  4. Getting stared with Google Reader:
    Google Reader gathers headlines and shows them as results to a search. It is capable of reading RSS feeds online or offline. The Google Reader tool also lets you share feeds. Features include:
    -a front page with new stories every day
    -a subscription link
    -keyboard shortcuts
    -a URL spot of your subscriptions
    search in all feeds, across all updates from subscriptions

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  5. -really simple syndication
    -you dont have to keep looking for new stuff.
    -universal symbol
    -feed autodiscovery
    -add feeds to your site
    -you can tag them
    -share them with friends
    -add notes when you share

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  6. - Google reader lets you get updates on all your favorite sites in one place. It is handy for sharing with friends and saving you time from searching websites.
    - RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. It is becoming increasingly available on many websites and it only contains the most recent posts/news/etc.
    - There is a universal symbol for RSS feeds, which is an orange box with white lines. You can click it to subscribe to the news feed.
    - You can add subscriptions by clicking “Add Subscription” and pasting in the URL.
    - On Google Reader it displays how many posts you haven’t read and you have the option of seeing all of the posts.
    - Google Reader is easy to navigate and you have the ability to simply view headlines, disable scroll tracking, or see an expanded view.
    - Just as you can do with social bookmarking, you can tag blogs.
    - You can have Google discover subscriptions relevant to what you like or you can subscribe to a pre-made bundle of similar topics.
    - It is possible to share your feeds with friends and they can even be sent by email.
    - You can write notes about the feed and share them.

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